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(11) EP 3 682 012 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
22.07.2020 Bulletin 2020/30

(21) Application number: 18779458.1

(22) Date of filing: 11.09.2018
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C12N 15/82(2006.01)
A01H 5/00(2018.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2018/056943
(87) International publication number:
WO 2019/049111 (14.03.2019 Gazette 2019/11)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 11.09.2017 US 201762556661 P

(71) Applicant: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • LI, Xingpeng
    Lewisville North Carolina 27023 (US)
  • HE, Yijian
    Greensboro North Carolina 27410 (US)
  • HIATT, III, Emmett Ernest
    East Bend North Carolina 27018 (US)
  • LAWSON, Darlene Madeline
    Kernersville North Carolina 27284 (US)

(74) Representative: Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner Patentanwälte mbB 
Uhlandstrasse 14c
70182 Stuttgart
70182 Stuttgart (DE)

   


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